Liberty is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census[8] the population was 29,149. Liberty is the county seat of Clay County.[9] Liberty is home to William Jewell College.

Liberty was settled in 1822, and shortly later became the county seat of Clay County.[10] The city was named for the American concept of liberty.[11]